Investor confidence drops, poll finds

A daily index that tracks
investor confidence fell six points on Friday to its lowest level in 2010 as
fears of an economic slowdown continue to mount.

Friday’s drop in the
Rasmussen Investor Index is 28 points below the high-water mark reached in May.
The confidence level has not been that low since nearly a year ago, when the
economy was considered to be in greater peril.

Only 9 percent of respondents
in the poll rated the economy as good or excellent, while another 55 percent
said it is getting worse.